You may have already have this, but just in case you don't here's a listing of those slaves emancipated... http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/liberia/index.php?page=Resources§ion=Search%20Emigrants&result=yes Sincerely Ronald R. Seagrave, PhD 10860 Quaker Road Dinwiddie, VA 23841 804-896-4171 Email: [log in to unmask] Please see my Blog: http://dinwiddiecountyhistory.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Kilby" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:47 PM Subject: [VA-HIST] Help with a footnote, Virginia Secession Conventions > Friends, > > I need help with a minor detail in a footnote to the article I am writing > on the Kelley brothers emancipation of their 44 slaves in Northumberland > County, and their subsequent journey to Liberia. This footnote deals > with letters from one Randal Kilby to attorney John Richardson Kilby of > Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia. Here is how I have it written, but > there is a nagging detail, the answer to which I cannot find by simply > using the internet: > > 60 Kilby Family Papers, Library of Virginia Archives Collections, > Correspondence 1856-1859, Box 5, Folder 13. Kilby was also a delegate > from Nansemond County to the 1861 Virginia Secessionist Convention, where > he voted with the majority in opposing secession on April 4, 1861. > > I find conflicting information on whether Kilby was present at the > convention of 17 April 1861 which voted to seceed, in response to > Lincoln's call for 8,000 troops to surpress the rebellion. One source > says he was absent, another says he voted in favor. Kilby (no relation) > was an attorney in Suffolk with close ties to the American Colonization > Society. > > Any help on this specific footnote would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you in advance, > Craig Kilby > Lancaster, VA > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) > Database version: 5.10640e > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10640e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html